SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 21/20 Arkansas (26-7, 13-5) vs. (33-0, 18-0 SEC) No. 1/1 Kentucky (33-0, 18-0) Date Opponent Result/Time N. 2 PIKEVILLE (Exh.) [SEC] W, 116-68 Sunday, March 15 • 1 p.m. ET • Bridgestone Arena (20,000) • Nashville, Tenn. N. 9 GEORGETOWN COLL. (Exh.) [SEC] W, 121-52 N. 14 1 GRAND CANYON [SEC] W, 85-45 GAMECENTER N. 16 1 BUFFALO [ESPNU] W, 71-52 N. 18 2 vs. No. 5/5 Kansas [ESPN] W, 72-40 Kentucky Wildcats Arkansas Razorbacks N. 21 BOSTON U. [FSN] W, 89-65 Record: 33-0, 18-0 in SEC Record: 26-7, 13-5 in SEC N. 23 1 MONTANA STATE [SEC] W, 86-28 Rankings: No. 1 (AP)/No. 1 (Coaches) Rankings: No. 21 (AP)/No. 20 (Coaches) N. 25 1 UT ARLINGTON [SEC] W, 92-44 Last Game: Defeated Auburn, 91-67 Last Game: Defeated Georgia, 60-49 N. 30 No. rv/25 PROVIDENCE [ESPN2] W, 58-38 Head Coach: John Calipari Head Coach: Mike Anderson D. 5 3 6/7 TEXAS [ESPN] W, 63-51 Overall On-Court Record: 630-177 (.781) Overall On-Court Record: 285-144 (.664) D. 7 EASTERN KENTUCKY [SEC] W, 82-49 at UK: 185-37 (.833) at Arkansas: 85-46 (.649) D. 10 COLUMBIA [ESPN2] W, 56-46 Last Five Games: 5-0 Last Five Games: 3-2 D. 13 No. 21/18 NORTH CAROLINA [CBS] W, 84-70 Calipari vs. Arkansas: 6-6 Anderson vs. Kentucky: 4-3 D. 20 4 vs. UCLA [CBS] W, 83-44 All-Time Series vs. Arkansas: UK leads 26-11 Last Meeting: Kentucky won, 84-67 (2/28/2015) D. 27 at No. 4/4 Louisville [ESPN2] W, 58-50 Twitter: @KentuckyMBB J. 6 * OLE MISS [SEC] W, 89-86 (OT) Television Info J. 10 * at Texas A&M [CBS] W, 70-64 (2OT) UK Radio Network Network: ESPN J. 13 * MISSOURI [ESPN] W, 86-37 Talent: Tom Leach (PxP ), Mike Pratt (Analyst) Talent: Brad Nessler (PxP), Dick Vitale (Analyst), J. 17 * at Alabama [ESPN] W, 70-48 Sirius/XM Channel: 219/190 Shannon Spake (Sideline) J. 20 * VANDERBILT [SEC] W, 65-57 J. 24 * at South Carolina [ESPN] W, 58-43 J. 29 * at Missouri [ESPN] W, 69-53 CAT SCRATCHES J. 31 * ALABAMA [SEC] W, 70-55 F. 3 * GEORGIA [ESPNU] W, 69-58 • UK is in its 112th season of basketball and remains the national leader in total wins with 2,173. F. 7 * at Florida [ESPN] W, 68-61 • Kentucky finished the regular season undefeated at 31-0 and is the first program among the power five F. 10 * at LSU [ESPN] W, 71-69 conferences to finish the regular season undefeated since the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers. F. 14 * SOUTH CAROLINA [ESPN] W, 77-43 • Kentucky’s 33-0 start to the season is the first in the history of the program, bettering the the 1953-54 F. 17 * at Tennessee [ESPN] W, 66-48 group’s 25-0 start. It is a school record for the longest winning streak in program history, surpassing the 32 F. 21 * AUBURN [ESPN] W, 110-75 straight games the Wildcats won from Dec. 5, 1953 to Jan. 8, 1955. F. 25 * at Mississippi State [SEC] W, 74-56 • The 33-0 start is the best of any John Calipari team he has ever coached. Also, the 33 straight wins is the F. 28 * No. 18/16 ARKANSAS [CBS] W, 84-67 longest winning streak of Calipari’s career, topping his 2008-09 Memphis team’s 27 consecutive wins. M. 3 * at Georgia [ESPN] W, 72-64 • UK has won 55 of its last 57 games as the Associated Press top-ranked team. M. 7 * FLORIDA [CBS] W, 67-50 • With a win over Florida in the regular-season finale, Kentucky preserved its 15th perfect run through the M.13 5 vs. Florida W, 64-49 SEC regular season and the second time under Calipari. M. 14 5 vs. Auburn [ESPN] W, 91-67 • Kentucky raked in the 2014-15 SEC awards, winning four of the six major awards the league coaches M. 15 5 vs. No. 21/20 Arkansas [ESPN] 1:00 p.m. voted on. Calipari was tabbed SEC Coach of the Year, junior forward Willie Cauely-Stein was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year, forward Karl-Anthony Towns won SEC Freshman of the Year and freshman 1 Cawood Ledford Classic (Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky..); 2 State Farm Champions Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis); guard Devin Booker captured Sixth Man of the Year honors. 3 SEC/Big 12 Challenge (Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.); • Freshman forward Karl-Anthony Towns won SEC Player of the Week on Monday, the first Wildcat to win 4 CBS Sports Classic (United Center, Chicago) the honor this season. 5 SEC Tournament (Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.) • Kentucky has won 27 SEC Tournament titles, exactly half of the 54 SEC Tournaments. With a semifinal win over Auburn, the Wildcats are now 123-25 (.831) all-time in SEC Tournament games. • The Wildcats defeated Arkansas in their first and only regular-season matchup this season, 84-67 at Rupp Arena on Feb. 28. Andrew Harrison and Trey Lyles scored 18 points apiece in that game. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Willie Cauley-Stein Aaron Harrison Andrew Harrison Trey Lyles Karl-Anthony Towns #15 #2 #5 #41 #12 Jr. - Forward Soph. - Guard Soph. - Guard Fr. - Forward Fr. - Foward 7-0 • 242 6-6 • 212 6-6 • 210 6-10 • 235 6-11 • 250 Olathe, Kan. Richmond, Texas Richmond, Texas Indianapolis, Ind. Piscataway, N.J. Pts. - 9.2 Pts. - 11.3 Pts. - 9.0 Pts. - 8.4 Pts. - 9.8 Rebs. - 6.3 3-pt. FGs. - 50 Assts. - 3.8 Rebs. - 5.0 Rebs. - 6.8 Mins. - 25.4 Mins. - 25.6 Mins. - 25.5 Mins. - 22.1 Mins. - 20.8 2014-15 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION Numerical Roster Social Media Guide No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) UK Athletics @UKAthletics 00 Marcus Lee F 6-9 220 So. 1L Antioch, Calif. (Deer Valley) Kentucky Basketball @KentuckyMBB 1 Devin Booker G 6-6 206 Fr. HS Grand Rapids, Mich. (Moss Point) John Calipari @UKCoachCalipari Devin Booker @DevinBook 2 Aaron Harrison G 6-6 212 So. 1L Richmond, Texas (Travis) Willie Cauley-Stein @THEwillieCS15 3 Tyler Ulis G 5-9 155 Fr. HS Lima, Ohio (Marian Catholic) EJ Floreal @BouncyE_24 5 Andrew Harrison G 6-6 210 So. 1L Richmond, Texas (Travis) Aaron Harrison @AaronICE2 12 Karl-Anthony Towns F 6-11 255 Fr. HS Piscataway, N.J. (St. Joseph) Andrew Harrison @DrewRoc5 13 Sam Malone G 5-11 185 Sr. 3L Scituate, Mass. (Scituate) Dominique Hawkins @Dhawk_25 15 Willie Cauley-Stein F 7-0 242 Jr. 2L Olathe, Kan. (Northwest) Dakari Johnson @SafariDakari44 21 Tod Lanter G 6-2 190 Sr. 2L Lexington, Ky. (Gulf Coast St. CC) Tod Lanter @tod_lanterIII Marcus Lee @SuperKingMe 22 Alex Poythress F 6-8 235 Jr. 2L Clarksville, Tenn. (Northeast) Brian Long @brianlong32 24 EJ Floreal G 6-3 200 So. 1L Palo Alto, Calif. (Dunbar) Trey Lyles @TreyMambaLyles 25 Dominique Hawkins G 6-0 195 So. 1L Richmond, Ky. (Madison Central) Sam Malone @SamMaloneuk13 32 Brian Long G 5-9 155 Sr. 3L Dumont, N.J. (River Dell) Alex Poythress @AlextheGreat22 35 Derek Willis F 6-9 220 So. 1L Mt. Washington, Ky. (Bullitt East) Karl-Anthony Towns @KATis32 41 Trey Lyles F 6-10 235 Fr. HS Indianpolis, Ind. (Arsenal Technical) Tyler Ulis @tulis3 44 Dakari Johnson C 7-0 255 So. 1L Brooklyn, N.Y. (Montverde Academy) Derek Willis @derek_willis33 Coaching Staff Pronunciation Guide Willie Cauley-STEIN (STINE) Head Coach: John Calipari (Clarion, 1983 - 6th season) EJ FLOREAL (FLOOR-EE-AL) Associate Head Coach Kenny Payne (Louisville, 2003 - 5th season) DOMINIQUE Hawkins (DOM-A-NEEK) Assistant Coach John Robic (Denison, 1986 - 6th season) DAKARI Johnson (DA-CAR-EE) Assistant Coach Barry ‘Slice’ Rohrssen (St. Francis (N.Y.), 1983 - 1st season) Alex POYTHRESS (POY-THRESS) Special Asst. to Head Coach: Tony Barbee (Massachusetts, 1993 - 1st season) John CALIPARI (CAL-A-PEAR-EE) Coordinator of Performance: Ray ‘Rock’ Oliver (Kansas, 1986 - 3rd season) Media Relations Strength Coach: Robert Harris (Kentucky State, 2009 - 1st season) Athletic Trainer: Chris Simmons (Memphis, 2002 - 6th season) Eric Lindsey | [email protected] | 859.619.0944 Associate AD/Basketball Operations: Chris Woolard (UCLA, 1997 - 4th season) Deb Moore | [email protected] | 859.559.5781 Director of Basketball Analytics: Joel Justus (UNC-Wilmington, 2004 - 1st season) Jake Most | [email protected] | 516. 996.3229 859.257.3838 (offi ce) Kentucky Basketball The Wildcats own an unparalled tradition of 2014 NCAA Tournament Run success. Since 1903, the University of Kentucky • Highest All-Time Winning Percentage guided UK to ... has fi elded 112 basketball teams.The fi rst national (2,173-672-1, .764) championship was an NIT title in 1946. The fi rst NCAA title came in 1948, and the latest, No. 8, • its fourth NCAA runner-up trophy occurred in 2012. No other program can claim the • 46 SEC Regular-Season Titles unparalleled success that matches the Wildcats • 16th Final Four appearance efforts over the past century. • 27 SEC Tournament Titles • National-record 53rd NCAA Tournament appearance • 14 30-win seasons 8 NCAA National Titles • 163 NCAA Tournament games and 116 NCAA 59 20-win seasons Tournament victories, the most in the NCAA (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012) • • And the most victories all-time in NCAA Division 2012 National Championship Team I history through March 13, 2015: Kentucky 2,172 Kansas 2,152 North Carolina 2,138 Duke 2,056 Syracuse 1,920 2014-15 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL TV CHART 00 1 2 3 5 Marcus Devin Aaron Tyler Andrew Lee Booker Harrison Ulis Harrison 6-9 ∙ 220 ∙So.